padathir
masculine name. Trotter
Element in
- N. Ai, Padathir, Padathir “Hail, Trotter, Trotter” ✧ RS/198
rimbedir
masculine name. Trotter
Earliest Elvish name in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s for the character that would become Aragorn (RS/198). Its etymology is unclear.
Changes
Rimbedir→ Padathir “Trotter” ✧ RS/198
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tarakil
masculine name. Trotter
Quenya names for Aragorn’s line in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, glossed “Trotter” (WR/390, 395). The etymology of the name is unclear, but Roman Rausch suggested the initial element might be derived from the root ᴹ√TARAK (EE/3.42).
Changes
- tarakil → Tarakon ✧ WR/395
- Tarakon → Tarantar ✧ WR/395
- Tarantar → Telcontar ✧ WR/395
Variations
- Tarantar ✧ SDI1/Tarantar; WR/395; WRI/Tarakil; WRI/Tarakil
- tarakil ✧ WR/390; WR/395
- Tarakon ✧ WR/395; WRI/Tarakil
An early Elvish name in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s for the character that would become Aragorn (RS/198). It is glossed “Trotter” and seems to be a combination of pad- "walk" and the agental suffix dîr “man”, perhaps dissimilated to -thir (as suggested by Roman Rausch, EE/1.3).